Browsing: Spaceflight & Orbital

Germany’s top intelligence officials made waves last year by calling for the creation of a European spy network to lessen Europe’s dependence on American intelligence. After…

Elon Musk has clarified that SpaceX is prioritizing the Moon over Mars as the fastest path to establishing a self-growing off-world civilization.  The shift, Musk explained,…

The nine Merlin 1D engines at the base of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket briefly ignited during a static fire test of the vehicle on Sunday, Feb.…

Rolls-Royce is halting the development of its mini nuclear reactor, which was planned for use on the Moon. The decision to put a pin in the…

The sky is never clearer than on a cold, starry midwinter night. It is on such occasions, thanks to winter’s exceptional atmospheric transparency, that fainter stars…

WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 launched a batch of Starlink satellites on Feb. 7 after SpaceX completed an investigation into an engine malfunction during the rocket’s…

When Falcon Heavy lifted off in February 2018 with Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster as its payload, SpaceX was at a much different place. So was…

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Update 12:10 p.m. EST (1710…

POLARIS announced that it has won a BAAINBw (Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support) contract. This new contract will see the manufacturing…

SpaceX’s next astronaut launch for NASA is officially on for next week.On Friday (Feb. 6), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorized SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to…